With Book2Speech
1.
Get Book2Speech from the App Store and sign in.
2.
Open the EPUB in Files, Mail or Safari, tap Share, then Book2Speech. Or open the app, tap Create and choose the file.
3.
Pick a narrator. Every one has a sample, and voices in the book’s language come first.
4.
Press play. The book keeps going with the screen locked, and speed, sleep timer, bookmarks and the read-along text are all in the player.
With Speak Screen (built into iOS)
Handy for a page or two. For a whole book with chapters, a narrator you chose and your place saved, use Book2Speech.
1.
Settings → Accessibility → Spoken Content → turn on Speak Screen.
2.
Open the EPUB in Apple Books.
3.
Swipe down with two fingers from the top of the screen. iOS reads the page in the system voice and turns the pages.
Want the book as a file?
Download the finished audiobook as an M4B with chapters and cover (or M4B, MP3, Opus or WAV) and add it to Apple Books next to the audiobooks you bought.
Questions people ask
Does it keep playing with the screen locked?
Yes. Playback carries on in the background, with controls on the lock screen, in Control Center and on your headphones.
Can I listen to my Kindle books this way?
DRM-free files, yes. Store purchases locked with DRM open only in the store’s own app.
Is the app free?
Free to install, and the Free plan includes unlimited Standard voices in English and 10 minutes of Premium voices.